50+ Music<p>"Romeo and Juliet" is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rock</span></a> song by the British rock band <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DireStraits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DireStraits</span></a>, written by frontman <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MarkKnopfler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarkKnopfler</span></a>. It first appeared on the 1980 album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MakingMovies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakingMovies</span></a> and was released as a single in 1981. The song subsequently appeared on the Dire Straits live albums <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Alchemy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alchemy</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OnTheNight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnTheNight</span></a>, and later on Knopfler's live duet album with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EmmylouHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmmylouHarris</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RealLiveRoadrunning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RealLiveRoadrunning</span></a> (though Harris does not perform on the track). <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC95MEenIxA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=rC95MEenIxA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>